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1 I - 3 C-.-i x r - j 1 to i ... . J, CHARLOTTE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 26, 1906. 1 -PRICB fjlvj: C. L3!IB KILLS 28 IN HO 'IK m. ian premier 'has escape Twenty-four Al-K Wounded a Ro- eult of J Irnih h Attempt to As- - M.mi I'rrmliT Mob pin , During PuWio .Reception at 111 Country , House Two Revolutionist 1U- , ruined aa HoWl r, Willi a Third Flaying I tola of lrlHoner, Gained litiram-e to Ante-haiuber, Where , liomb Wna Dropped Prematurely , Premier- Young ' Daughter "d So- Many Prominent Pcmon, Mrn and .-.- Women, Among Dead and Wound St. Petersburg-, Auf., II. Twenty- eight person ar dead and 24 -wound-ed as the result of a dastardly attempt this afternoon; to assassinate Premier ftolypiq with a bomb .wb.U he ;,wu holding a public reception at hie coun try house on Aptekarmy Island. The Premier, wee slightly wounded on the ' face and neck by flying splinters. ' ';. Among- the deed ere the Premier's 15-ycar-od daughter, who '"had both lege broken by the eiploelon and smb- sequently succumbed to her injuries; General Zameatln, th Premier's per sonal secretary M. Khovostoff, former Governor of the province , of . Pens: Col. , FredroftV chief . of, (he Premier's personal guard; - Court -Chamberlain Davtdofr, Court Chamberlain Voronln, ; , Aide Doubeasoff, and four women -and two children, 1,1 Y- 7 ',: '''.." :f"' ', - : The wounded Include M,' Stnlypin's 1-year-old son, -." who la .-- seriously, though not fatally . injured, ,and , a ;. number of persons prominent in .the - social and official worlds. The man who threw the bomb was aiiieng the - killed.. , .. ; , v v, -' ,; 1 DISGUISED. AS SOLDIER& V V - According .to the official account of , .the-attempt on M; Btolypin's life fit , appears that at .o'clock this, after : ,'., noon 'a-carriage containing (our per-; , .on, two dressed in civilian, clothes . and two in foreign military uniforms, i -urew up at- nis vina. ine men en . . tered the ante-chamber, one of them ''- holding his helmet in his hand.' as mougn concealing a bomb, whiub ac, ' cldentally fell in the ante-chamber, With the terrible results already de '. tabled. General Eameatln and M. Da . vlJoff.'a court chamberlain, wtre,in- f Vlantly killed, and M. Voronln,a court chamberlain, who was attending the ' . Premier's official reception, wa de t-apiuud, while all the other persons . ' in the ante-chamber, including the tnree men accompanyinc th indlvkt . uai. who carried the bomb.ere killed. , PREMIER'S . DAUQHTER KILLED, The legs of M. Btolypin's dauahter. - the ortldul account adds, were so se , ' erely injured that they had to-be amputated, and death, ensued.- His ; son had a leg broken. Prince Shack- aowskol, who ,tu In an apartment ajoining tne- antechamber, was in ', Jured. The coachman of the car- triage which brought the terror-lets, to the villa- was killed and the vehicle - was. etiroyed, .but the . horses were nor much injured. ' ' , . - M, XhovoetofT,-. former -OoveTnof-oi the province of Pcnsa. was among t inoee allied.. . - ! Tho fact that- two of 'the asMssins were disguised- as gendarmes doubt leso was due to an effort oo their ; part to make it appear that they were ,. escorting a political prisoner,"' the ; third man of the group being attired ; In the clothes of a civilian. . : ' The police authorities this evening . declared that the , assassins ' carried . portfolles which,, It Is believed, con .: talned bombs. , , i ' - The whole .of the, renter of. the house yfia blown out. ' : Twenty persoM were killed.' The explosion, 'which was louder then the report of a cannon, tore out a large section of the front : wall of the' villa, demolished - the partition .. walls Inside and brought the tipper 'story down In clouds of mertar and :. splintered wood. When the dost had ' cleared away slightly the sergeant saw . .the mangled bodies of the porter, a r policeman and three revolutionists oh , the ground In frbnt of the door. The 1 landau, which had been stopped dl " roctly in fronts of the entrance,, was V lying ) on - the driveway, a mass of twisted and shattered wood and iron. , About ten yards from the door was ( the driver who, it Is thought,, was al so a revolutionist and who had been killed on the spot. The horde were . wounded) but only In their hind legs, t showing that they were partly pro tected from the force of the explo sion by he wall of the villa. " rULt, Oti" OFFICIAL VISITORS. At the moment of the explosion a . large reception room at the left of , the ante-room was tilled with a great : concourse of Offlcials and visitors, as to-day was the Premiers .reception ; 1 day".- , . . ., .. M. Stolypln himself was la the re . ceptlon room, talking to tils visitors, v In his office, which was still further to the left, were three of his secre taries and a footman. The violence ' of the explosion was such that It tore out the wall between the reception room, In addition to dotngf the other : damage mentioned, killing one of the , secretaries and the rootman and . . wounding another eerrxary. - It was from the latter that the correspond ; ence of the Associated Frees obtained those details. The fourth man, who wnsin the-ofTlce escaped uninjured. The correspondent of the AsMociat ed Pres later vlMlted the scene of the explo-lon and obtained from one of the Premier's secretaries, from a eergeant of pollen, and from some of the survivors, the following account of the -event: ' KOMD AN IMITATION VASE. i no ponce MtTRennt, who was indlnt at a corner of the hotie about twenty yardw.. from- the en trance, noticed a Inndau, drawn hy n good pair of homes, roll up tho tnrrlnire wsr and stop in front of tne door. The three occupnnta r of trio rarrlaire, one of whom wore the uniform of an oflleer of rnriHrms nnd the others belnit In livery func tionaries of the Mlnlnter of the In terior, and who were ONtentatlonuly liUtrlilTur and rhsttln as they rii jt'lu hel the houtin, fl( cn la.1 from th carrlaite, one of tliem currylm nn nrtlrl about a foot iiiuh, rnrmii. line a flirted ve. They am-fnilod tliii tci pa-filnir rilreitly In front of th Jolleeinen nt the d.iop and liml e. 'ireely dim jt.-nri,l nl.l tho lion v h'-n n thunderous fii loslon Mi licnrd. . . , Ti-u.l lnc ot rormvlUo). i-;..TH tT;" Ob-erwr. Kilifttoii, Any 4 I'm.t.NCws Wns ro-rr-lvd here to-..'uy of A e'rml dnol - ifi ( lf ol t J-Vrinvliio I-'rld ty b tween the t.iwn t'!'!i''..,lftn a,,,'j j),,, (urt.tiip ron :tr.i,ie 'I lie eonn d! the tff'lll I v a 4 x, t h-.iiT.ed, JCcllliCf r tl-e jsrtUU i;'i was hurt. A X OS. Till .MAKIES. A. !,)( l.lmi ilt Nominated for Lcgls I inn-, lefetinx '1'lirco Otlir.Cn dulHlee Secitl I'rl m a ry lUvjulred to Name McrlrT, Trcaeorer and ; IU-tl-tcr of Deeds; . . Special to Tho Observer. ' . Wadesboro; ; Aug. ;, ; J5. Notwlth standing s. heavy downpour of rain during the llrst'part of the afternoon a heavy vote was cast In the Demo cratic primary' (n this county.-.v The result of the primary is" an follows: t. A. Lockhardt was nominated Jot the LeglHlature, defeating three other can didates. -There Will bo three candi dates in the second rade for-sheriff unless the . official . vote Monday changes the vote received to-night or one of the three candidates withdraws k. 'J, Lowry led the race and T. & Clark and 8. P. Martin followed in the order r.amed. If all three men remain in the race tho one receiving a plurality of votes in the seoond pri mary, wnicn. wtn be neld next Satur day afternoon, will be the nominee. A second race for register of deeds netween c. . vv. Thomas and D. M Johnson will be made and there will bo .a second race for treasurer be tween J. O..A. Craig and A,- P.. Mills, although Craig only tacked few votes of defeating the two other candidates. Clerk or the Court Robinson and the present board; of county commission ers had no opposition. - E. F. Fenton defeats K. D. Rnscoe for coroner. -V.'''.'"- ....I. 111 1. 1 1 ii. 1 4 1 . ' THREE TOUNO WOMEX PltOMTf. LItc Lost Wlille Ra thing In a Deep 1-doi of a Brook Near tirtrtin, ca. 4 .Year-Old Clilld tho Only Eye witness of Uie Affair. , ' X . V Griffin, Oa.", Apg. 2J. Three.young and ' beautiful .women ' were drowned ths atfternoon- whle bathing in a small branch In the northern suburbs of;" Qrlffln. ' Those drowned were: Mrn. A. R. Spangler; a bride of a few months, aged It years; Miss Boulah Hfcvneox, reged .11. . and v Mine Pearl Ramsey, of Columbus, GaJ aged .11. The only eye-witness to tne affair was a 4-year-old sister of Mies Han cox, : and the little tot Is 90 tadly frightened that she can give Only very meagre particulars, v . w- , - About 2 o'clock la the afternoon, Mrs. Spangler called "at the . Hancox home and asked Miss Mancox and her guest, Mias Ramsey,: to accompany bar to the branch, only a few nun dred yards distant, to get some white clay. Reaching- the, branch, -they found In a secluded spot a pool about 11 feet wide. And feet long, and some" one suggested a- bath, . They disrobed and a negro woman work- Ing to a field near by saw Mrs. Spong ier - jump from the bank mto.'the water several feet below, and . a few moments later the young ladle fol lowed. Soon the woman' attention was attracted by the cries -of Klta Hancox, 4 years old, who screamed that .her- alMer-was 'drowning. The negro woman ran,, to tho rescue, but nothing was seen but the placid sur face of the pool. The terrified child ran' home,, giving' . the alarm In that direction, whths the-' tteerro .!mM summoned help -nearby, : Mr. Telfair Thurman wag the flrst white person on the scene and -without a moment's delay plunged Into the pool and at a depth of 10 feet recovered the tnree bodies. ,. Physicians wero In attend ance, but the young women were past human help. . ... , IVDECEXT riCTrnES COVERED. Rlrlimond ttlll-Po!tlng Concern Bar- reiMlers- at Durtmni and Kemovea ..Allfre! ' Immoral ' I-oatora I-Yora Puhllo Plncna. - . , Snectal to The Observer. ' " - Durham, Aug; li. The bill-posting people surrendered to-day and - by their acts have sold that they have no' right to post Immoral picture In defiance of law and the wishes of the beet people. In ' the mayor court this morning' W.-.E.- Freeland,- local manager for a Richmond blll-poetlng concern, was. arraigned on the charge of posting . pictures of a. lewd. Im moral and Indecent nature, Ho was adjudged guilty, but judgment was held up on - certain ..promise made by- the " defendant. Mr. . Freeland stated to the court . that ' he would oomply with the order of the mayor and asked to be allowed .until 4 o'clock this afternoon In -which to cover , the objectlotiabhi ' advertise ments. The mayor, granted tnis time and judgment was held over him un til 4 o'clock. 1 In the meantime Mr. Freeland and his men got busy -with pate,and pa per and all of the objectionable ad vertisement were soon covered , w NO nEARIXO IN PEONAGE CASE. Defendants Waive Examination and Are Honnd Over for Trial at Cbar- kU in leecrrobw. . ... . Special to The Observer. ' T J ," ," J Marlon, Aug. 15. The preliminary heating Of the peonage cases against the South Western, Railroad, Marsh Paxter, W. - W. - McElroy and Ed. Ward, set for trial to-day before Uhlted States - Commissioner W. F. Cralge, waa of no Interest, Inasmuch as the. defendant waived examination snd were bound over for trial at Charlotte December Cth. The rail road did not have? to give bond, but took formal ' notice of ' tho prosecu tion, and the Individual defendants gave bond In the sum of ISOO each. Commissioner Richard Williams, or Morganton. sat with Commissioner Cralge. Attorney appearing for the defendants were J. Korment Powell, general - couneei, of "Bristol, Tenn.: C. Biggs, of Durham, and V. K. Ifudgtns and (Sinclair dc Johnston, of the local bar. Nobody appeared for the prosecution but District Attorney: Holton,, . "." -; .7, j KIIiI.ED JltOM IUS HEN HOCSE. One Goortla Prominent Cltlsea Catrh m' Another ' I'ronilnent Citizen Among M Chickens at an I-rly I Hour and Ho His Stomach I'll led 1 W ith liurkitliot by Uie Marauder, CJHlnesvllle, Ga., Aug. 16. -Henry K. Cagloof Glade dlxtrlct, Hall coun ty, was shot In the stomach wlthj a double-bnrreled shotgun, at an early hour this morning. The gun was loaded with buckshot snd Cngle rlured before he died this afternoon Unit freil Mflwklns, a son o"f , "Uncle"' Jerry llawklnn. committed the crime. t'Kle and hl wlfo rnt to inveetl gnte when a niie came' from-their en hon, .-. He w 9 fired upon twice, (In., t'nrlii Ftumlini; by ana holdliig a hun p. KnwkliiH wns arretted to-day an l lil;;c(l In Jail. II denies the Bt te-nmrt'-m kl ilemenl of tTuIe that !t wis he who fit ett th phots, declar inr be rnn jirov en nllbt. T!ij aa.-.lnrM'l In created cx rltei'iee.t b- "u- of the XTominenc CI t.i'-l-3 InVUlVf 1. ; MIS TlCN TO )VEST CUBA 1)1 CISIVE n.iTTLE i.mpi:.dixg l'orw of Government Artillerymen nd Recruit Which - JCi ujunred Slartlnes fcjillle Out to Weet l'ino .ut-rra's S.000 Iimnrgents and Uie lato of the Itovolutlon Aptearn to Rest largely t'pon Uie IU-ault4U-'v van leople Lojai to Government, Hut JVot HIitpofMxt to Fight for It liuaines .nterprbjea at a Ktnd-UU Havana, Aug. 15. Bo far aa actual development . go, , the situation here to-day 1 unchanged. The eastern province are perfectly dulet atd no encounters of any consequence have yet taken place in the province of Banta Clara. , The insurrectionary movement mere is not growing. 'The loyalty of the people of Matanzaa ap pears almost aa well established, as that of the i Inhabitants - of Puerto Principe, which so far has been the model - province for peacefulness. There has been some sklrmlshlna . in the vicinity of Havana and large bands or insurgent are still roaming about the southern part of Havana Drov- ince, out there have been no disturb ances In western Havana since the oeatn or General Bandera. Governor Nunez, the Governor, of Havana province. Informed the Asso elated Frees to-day that his province win be free from insurgent bands witnin a fortnight.. . .- WATCHINO ; PINAJR DEL RIO The center of Interest continue tn bo la Plnar del Rio, in 'which prov Inoe only Is there -a large and well- organised movement agaln-t tho gov ernment. Considerable criticism - has been1 aroused by the policy of -the government In dividing lu forces in Plnar del Rio, but the die tn this re gard is csst, for , Colonel Bacaflao, with a force of artillerymen and re cruit, sallied out of . San Juan de MarUnes to-day in the expectation of encountering , tho Insurgent r: forces commanded by . Pino Guerra. . The fate of the revolution appears to rest largely, oa the-result of the coming engagement between these two forces. The people of Cuba: will, bo relieved to hear some- new of a decisive na ture, either way. from Plnar del Rio. The sympathy of the people of Ha vana f la : with - tho government, but there, is no general,;, overwhelming anxiety to see lu forces prevail. . w Meanwhile business enterprises are at a standstill." Tho commercial ; in terest while with President Palma. desire,". more than anything else,' per manently settled- conditions. Should' tb disorders continue for two or three months, BpsrJsh business Interests, as well as : American. British.,1 German and Canadian, would welcome Am erican intervention The ubject, how ever, la so delicate that it 1 not much discussed, except In private. ' " ; ',; 1 Palma Officially Calls for Volunteer: Havana. Aug. S 5. -President Palma haa officially called-; for volunteer to compose a national militia of In fantry and cavalry and to co-operate with the government forces , under the command of the - chief of .the rural guards. 'The pay of chiefs of regiments will bo 1200 a 'month, ad. jutantaf lift' a montlv captain 1100, and .soldier $1 per. day. All volun teers' disabled will receive full pay during the period of disturbance' and In the event of their death the money will go to theld dependent heir. DEPARTMENT,; WAKI.VG tTPV,' OfflHal ' Now BellcvO That Cuban Revolution I Weil Financed anil OrganJxed---Intervention Remote, , Washington. Aug. ' 15. The Cuban situation 1 receiving much attention from State Department official, who are keeping 'carefully In 'touch with tho development sift the tittle repub lic. The Department received no dis patcher to-day throwing any new light on the situation. Officials believe from the general character of the rev olution that It ha good financial support-and la .thoroughly organised. So far the State Department ha shown no" disposition to Interfere lu any way In Cuban affairs and more over . official at tho Department do not expect that it will 'be , necessary for. this government to aid the Cuban government tn putting down the in surrection.' However, ths -State De partment is. showing far greater inter est In Cuba's unsettled condition than It did several days. ago. is,ooo rifles: and srcH sent. I .'.-, i.i. . V: ' ... - Ward Line fit earner Leave New York Loaded to the Limit With Arm for Cuban Government- Mi Gatljn in - Uie Lot 'More1 Arms to Follow,. . New Tork. Aug. IS. Arms and ammunition for tho Cuban govern ment were shipped from this city to day for Havana on board tho Ward Lin steamship Mexico. The steamer had stowed away In tier hold 16,000 Remington repeating rifles, 800.000 rounds o,ammunitlon and Six Gatllng rapia-nre guns xor me use or trest dent Palme's forces. The shipment, It was said, would have been larger. but the vessel could carry no more. The steamer1 Kansas, which will sail next Thursday, will carry 1,000.000 rounds of ammunition, and 5,000 Remingtons for tho Cuban govern ment. . 1' "''.:" '.-' . At the office of tho M, Hartley Co., tho firm which ahippoa the supplies. It was said that tho guns were or dered by cable on Thursday by the head officer of tho government- arse nal at Havana, at the order of Presl- ent Palma. . It was arush order and called for immediate shipment. Officers of the Ward Line and of th steamer Mexico refused to glv out any information concerning the assignment ;. -i- . :' ..; ' .- On the - dock,-. However, ' freight handlers pointed out a long line of boxes In the . steamer's hold. There wer 100 .boxes containing the rifles stowed In - the stern hold,- and for ward In the' steamer's magaslne was the ammunition., ' ' - FARMER KILLED BY Nr.IGHr.On. OU1 Quarrel Over Boundary' Line Tt-r-mlnnte In llomlcMe nf IjeefYHIc, r. Slayer Knrrendrrs, ' Columbia, S. C, Aug. IS.- A special to The State from Leeavllle says: 1 Henry Monts, a farmer was. shot snd killed to-dny. by A. J. .Godfrey Taylor, his neighbor.'- " -BoOi rien wore about 40 years old and have families. The killing re united from an old cnmrrel over the boundary Una between their" bitiU. About one yenr nno Monti hot at Taylor, . Klx months asro PtoniH- limine wns burned. Tnylor w as hHrge,i vv t ) f a the crime, but waa acquitted. T.ijlur wnt at onie to the horn of tho ronnty supervisor and surrendered, lloth men were ftmon.T the moat rc- 'tpociable of Hie comruunlt,- I'AIIIIHKKS TO JSEGR0ES HACKS ITTOU5 IN OWN 1IANDW A(Mre-wln?. Toctlter . With Booker T. aj.ilnsinf tlio Olilo Colored . IndiiHtrtul and t-iuraUonal Kxio vlilon, tlio loo President Kay Any Ivonle, in Final Analysta, Advance Only ly Own FJTort- -Iinportaix-e , ' of Xcl- ro Proirres Great to tho ' (Oiinay, of . W hone Population lift .' lYirtit m Tenth -Believe llaeo Is llng Orportunltie WclL. $ i , Columbus, O., (Aug. v 11. . Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks, and Hooker T. Washington, : tho colored leader and president of Tuskege In stitute, to-day addressed the .phlo Bate Colored Industrial and,. Educa tional Exposition at1, Grove City,,' suburb..- ;''. .'.'; Mr, Fairbanks attended k reception at the State Hottce ef 10 o'clock, and Governor ITarrl stood in line with him. a commltteo of ; prominent cltl- sen having been appointed to re ceive him. He then lunched at the Columbus - Club and, spoke at Grove City In the afternoon with Dr. Wash ington. . ' : '.' Vt'-w, Regarding tke race question. Mr. Fairbanks uld to' a reporter: xne settlement ot the so-called race question,, or race problem, rest with the colored people themselves. I believe these people, who make up ten per cent, of our population, have Wnproved ; wonderfully, and thev are taking advantage of the opportunities placed at their disposal." ; Mr. Fairbanks said that one of the serious problems) . confronting tha American people waa that of Irri gation. 4 ; ,- . .- Even In Ohio, he aaid. tha sublect must soon bo taken up, for the peo- yim d mo Aiiauio ntii will nave to provide against droughts - when . the population . of tho country reaches 100,000,000. . i- . .. .... . In addressing the Ohio 8tat Col ored Industrial and Educational Ex position Mr. Fairbanks congratulated tho colored people upon tha success ful Inauguration of tho exposition. saying that their success waa not sur prising to him, s ho knew . some thing . of the tenacity of their pur pose. ; The importance of the work in -which they wer engaged cOuld be better appreciated when tha fact was recalled that the black rac now con stitutes more than -ten per cent) of tho. population of th United States. The exposition, ho said. Is a hope ful sign, not only because it illustrate what th negro haa been able to ao compllsh In tb Industrial arts In a comparatively few years, but It shows tnat .ne appreciate the yalue of co operation. The exposition Is an ad mirable ebject-lesaon. full of encour agement and inspiration to th col ored people. . To advance education and Industry is to encourage two of tho mightiest factoraJn the Upbuild ing of any race. To prosper to the utmost and make th greatest advance In life, th colored people must teach th .virtue of obrletyY .honesty, fru gallty, industry and fatfjplay. . Their advance -had beenr ':accomnuhed against 4rVmendoua 'obstacle, one of thelf greateat dtfnctittO betngTrej- dlce. -.-.-..''' A broad Opportunity, he said,-lies before the colored race. What it will become vAll depend upon what It does. In the final analysis, people advene only by Virtue of their own effort. Th ' future ' of - tho colored race was In It own hands. - "Make It worthy of yourselves. Make It worthy of your country." BIO WATER-POWER PROJECT. . --. . I, t , - i . - Gantonia Cotton Mill tint Purchase Kite on Twckaseegd lUver, in Jack ma County, and Will Erect Largo Jotton llactory. , '., . '-, - -. :, ;;.;.. Special to ' The Observer. '"' 1 . " Aehevlll. Aug. IB H." & Harklns haa sold to ' O. W. Reagan -and as sociate a valuable water-power on th Tuckaaoege river, near Dills boro, Jacknon - eounty. Th - pur chasers of th' water-power are Oaa tonla cotton mill men and It is ald to be' their. Intention to develop the water-power - for ; the rnanufactuna and 'distribution Jof electricity, and also to 'establish a large cotton mill to be operated by electricity, ' The water-power . that haa been . trans ferred by Mr. Harklns to Mr. Reagan and others Is said to' be on of. the flnast In this section of th Htate and eaally developed. - The site of the pro posed 1 pewer . plant Is scarcely II mile from Bryeon - City and. If the development plan are carried out, Rryson City will 00 enabled to obtain electricity for light and power pur- pOSe. .-- -.; - .-. :. . - . BOLT HITS POWDER MAGA7JNE. Country In Vicinity of Rc-ietrirr, Ala,. Violently Kliaken By Fxplonlon of '' 250 C'aee" of TennesHce Coal A Iron ' Company' Blunting l'owdrr. v . : - Birmingham, Ala., Aug. J! J. A spv clal from Bessemer says that during a thunderstorm to-day - lightning struck th powder magazine of the Tennessee Coal, Iron A Railroad Company, located on the . hlghost point of Red Mountain, near Fossil Mine, four and. a half mile from Bessemer.' Two hundred and ' fifty case of gint blasting powder stored In th magasln exploded, shaking tho mountain for miles and al'moet completely wrecking the building at the Fossil Mine. The new barn of the mines were destroyed and the window panes smashed for miles, many in Bewemer being broken. Two men were hurt by flying glues, but not serlouely. The daniug don Is estimated at. 121,000. No one was near the magaslne when it exploded. ' LYNCHING BV OXIJ MAN. ; - 1, . r ..-v.' For Indo-rnt Proposals to 1114 Wire, . fcoutli rarollnlan Mnwu Dowa No ' gro After All-Mght tiin Columbia, 8. C, Aug. IS. A spe cial to Th Stat from Florence say: After an all-night chnee, W, L. Mrhall early this morning shot and killed Lewi Oray, a negro, for (im proper proposal to his wife. The negro went to Marshall's house dur ing his sbsenre; On being Informed of. the affair Marshall armed himself and started 'In pursuit of the negro. While he was resting at a store at F(!lnrham," Florence county? this morning, th negro walked In. He wns reeognlsed and shot to death. Marshall ha ' not surrendered. Th nejro was a traveling barber. ppn, tf Gen. Sam Hon tun for Con Rrc-". ," lion-ion. Tex., Anr. is. In the see.m.l t 'o n T eHHloiiM I d!-lrl( t to-flny Anirew J. Houston. .f lienuirmnt, a in i-f f'ira lloiiHlon. wn tiiime'l m ;er"h'lin I'nP'Tr lue'il rm ri . I neji, I'l I ' ( f.rieenth C i-Mlet ,'. !,. M.mre, J'-'luiii. nss noir!rnil.-l. In l.'iitj t. ' " '.nets I'.i.ll ar tri;.'-el. EFFORT TO OUST DOUGLAS H ii. '. HIS RIIGXATIO.V DEMANDED. In Stormy Sewdon of Guilford Conn - ty Republican Executive Committee , by Vote of Twelve to lire,' Strong iteeoiuuo-j introdnccd Dy W. i. lUgna, jf H'Ki) Point, are Adopt , cd A)ondemnliig Metlioda. TJsed by . .nairmun u. JX uougia in boenr lug PoHtinaatendilp, Hoortng ' Ula - Management of Party Affair . and 1) etna ruling hi retdguattou 1I Re : fuse to Resign and. Upon Position Beinaj Declaml Vacant, Ho Decline i .oate.' ; J-.'.-v-; :-r Special to Tha Obwrver. :: 1 Greeneboro, Aug. 18, At a meeting of the - eounty Republican exeouttve committee here to-day, th factional tight In tho Republican tank in Che county reached a ellmax when, reso lutions demanding the Immediate res-' gnation - or , Chairman Robert D. Douga and conodemnlng- the man ner in which he has managed the af fairs of the party were passed. Mr. Douglas, who 1 now postmaster of Greensboro, refused to resign and. the commltteo adjourned with tho same chairman It . had when the meeting was catiea to oraer. . . The committee met at 1:10 o'clock pursuant to a call issued by Chair man Douglas several days aro. Sat urday. September ltth, waa llxed aa tn aai xor in county : convention to nominate candldatea for county of Beers and the Bute Legislature. It was 'decided that the primaries to name, aeiegates- to. the convention should be hed Friday afternoon,' the ltth. at t o'cock. - - ;. ' It' waa expected that Mr." Douglas would orrer nts resignation, but aa he did not do o, leader of' th faotlon that la opposed to him had ' tho fol lowing resolution Introduced, Mr, R. G. Cam be II, - superintendent of . th Proximity and Whit - Oak x Cotton Mills, reading tha resolution: "Be It resolved. That th Republican execu tive committee of Guilford -county. In session aaaembled, hereby call for tho Immediate resignation of R. D. Douav las, chairman of said commltteo.' ', The resolution was passed by a vote of IS to .' Mr. Douglaa failed to resign- and th commltteo then paased a resolution declaring th oN tic of chairman vacant. Mr. Doug las did not vacat th chair. Mr. W. P. Ragan then secured th floor, and In introducing a number of resolution made a speech condemn ing the conduct Of the chairman, and th method he used In conducting th affairs of th party. Th resolu tions introduced br Mr. Ragan, and which wer adopted, follow; -.-;-. -Whereas, At. the Ust Btat con vention held In Greensboro July 10th, a resolution was adopted calling the Republican .Stat Executive commit tee to meet In Greenaboro "September 1st. not, and on the first day or March and September of each and ev ery year, thereafter, to consider ap plicatfons for. appointment to Federal offices, and . -. a : "Whereaa. The . appointment of a postmaster - for th city of Greens. boro will be made bf the President upon the assembling or congress in December, next, therefore be It ' "Resolved. That th Repuollcan ex ecullv commltteo of Oullford coun ty no tn:tcgTilare!slon4 axuemDIeS upun the call of th criatrman of said commute, hereby-deplore the recent appointment of Robert D. Douglaa as poatmaster at said city ofGreensboro, and that this commit tea hereby urges and insists that the Stat executive Committee., recommend for appoint ment for postmaster at Greensboro some other Republican who wUI add credit and prestige to th Republican party of tha county. ' - "Be it further, resolved, that we enndem one management of party affairs by Chairman R. D. . Douglas for the reasons: --.,- i . "1st. ; For committing th Republi can party of this county to the bond Ibsu proposition for road purposes without having called our committee together for consultation and action on this matter. " '" j lnd. For committing our party to th special school tax election with out consulting tho committee, - "Ird. For 1 long ., delay In calling thla committee together -after having promised to call It Immediately after the State convention and falling to Inaugural the campaign promptly, thereby Injuring th prospects for th success of th party or tn county. , "4th. For calling tha county con ventlon to elect delegates to the State and Congressional and ''other convention without consulting th committee or calling It together for consultation.', , ' v "9th.' For hi uncharitable and un-Chrlstlan treatment of on of our honored Republican and former can didal for .Stat superintendent of publlo Instruction, and our former candidate for the Legislature, Prof. Cyrus P. Frailer, notwithstanding he wss endorsed almost unanimously by this committee, and almost the ntlr, business element of th 1 city Of flreensboro,' without regard to party, for postmsster. ' ..j-.- "4th. Wefurthr condemn R. t. Douglaa for usurpation of authority and a general do-nothing policy In khe management of party affairs." STORM WAS NOT UNEXPECTED. Th vote on these resolution was th ssm aa on tho first. 11 for th adoption and I against th adoption. After th meeting Chairman R. D. Douglas ws seen by th correspond ent of Th Observer and asked for a statement In regard to the matter. "Well," said Mr. Douglas, "Tou know as mui about th matter aa 1 do. Immediately after the State cooven. tion 1 was given to understand that th factional fight in Oullford county had been dropped, and that w would hereafter all work In harmong. I had no . Intimation of a rhange of heart In the matter until the Intro duction of the resolution demanding my-scalp. 'You know what followed. I very naturally refused to be bullied out of the ohslrmanshlp for tb three week that will slaps before th county convention elect a new chair, man. - Some time ago I announced that I would not be a candidate-for re-election. 5 ' . .. . The leaders of the faction that went guanlng for m to-day wer W. P. Raven, of High Point, and ex. Kheriff J. A. Hosklns, of etummerfield. Mr. lUgan' opposition to m dates from the ilma when a county chair man I successfully opposed his ap pointment as postmnster at Hlh point, while Sheriff llonklrts ha vow ed vengeance against m from the time 1 defented him for the county chairmanship two years ago. It may bo ' the personal matters that prompted - their action to-day, or their course may mean th reopen ing of . the fictional fight In ths partr." ' - onistcr st tialnewvllle, n. Oyster Utiy, N. Y..,Aug. S5 1'ienl dent Jtoc.st.velt to-dny sppolnted 11 f. - n Louis iynicn posimsir at uain:s ViUe, Fla. -.- . I- -. THRONG TO BRYAN RECEFTIOX. Largo Delegation Coming From the . :. l ltermowt Part of the . Koutli - to Hear tlM WlHtlom of Bryan in Mad. ., Iwn 8iiare tiurtlcii (iovrrnorn of All Southern Btatc Ekcept llorlda Kxpected. . T V . .-; New York, Aug. 18. -At the head- auartera of the-Bryan reception com mlttee, at1 the Hotel Victoria, It was stated to-day that crowds of vlxltors from other States to this city to attend the reception of Mr. Bryan on August IV, will j-each mammoth proportions. State Bene tor David Nelson, of U Louis, waa in town to-day. making arrangement to lodge, at the Hotel Saranac, a delegation of 150 members from tbe St. Louis Democratic Club, A still larger delegation is to coma from th Jefferson Club, of St. Louis. ; Senator Nelson said that Missouri, to a large extent, "Is going to empty Itself into New York by next Thurs day.". 1 - .' .. . Josephus Daniels, the Democratic national committeeman from North Carolina, wrote the committee that a delegation of ISO will come from North . Carolina, . Including the Gov ernor,' his staff, both United States Senators and eight members of the House of Representatives. . ' - Governor Warneld, of 0 Maryland. and his staff, will arrive Tuesday, Their headquarter will b at th Waidorf-AstorU.. -: - '- Governor- Folk, of 'Missouri, ' the chairman of th reception committee, will be here Wednesday and will put up at th uotham. " ---. Th Governors of all the Southern States except Florida will bo here, v 1 Th Governor of Florida I kept away by a campaign now In progress. but tne State will be represented by the Attorney General, two judges of the Supreme Court and other officials. The -National Democratio ciuo ana the Manhattan Club and various club comnoeed ot former resident of va rious State expect to entertain many of th distinguished guests. THREE HUNDRED CARS NEEDED. Tabulated Report to Corporation CommUlon Kliow That High Point ... Furniture Fat. otic Are Face-to-' Face With Same Condition Ex isting .- a Year Ago rporatlo Communion to Sit at High Point ; To-Mdrrow. T -. - . Special, to Th Observer. ; ' . ' High Point, Aug. 15. A tabulated report Just made, for tha Information of tb corporation commission, which meets her Monday, . anows that be tween ISO and I0O cars are needed la th next few.'daga and that 100 cars ar past due, entailing a loss of thousand of dollar to the manufac turers her and elsewoere in the Bute If th situation Is not oon re lieved. Th loas will be aomethlng enormoua a regard future and prev ent business. Factories here now have to carloada of furnltur packed ready for loading. , - . ' A largo amount or correspondenoa and telegrama haa paseod between th secretary of the North Carolina case Workers Association and tb railroad offlcials th past few oays, but, boiled down, It all shows th stubbornness of th Southern -Railway to give the manufacturer a square deal. Ther are almost enough foreign cars here on. In tragic tog-eHev th most ' vr- gent cases nut tn railroad t-ompony reiuse to. let tfm Detunea oniy ror .shipment routed over; the' line to which 1 they belong sad,- aa meet of tho business now I for th South and Southeast, th -manufacturer cannot comply with the "iron rul of th Southern. : ' - v-, f ' Th manufacturers have tried hard to keep th matter out of th hand of th corporation commission, tninic Ing every day th railroad company would com to th rescu and not let a repetition of last year'a situation 00 cur, but it la very apparent that. If something Is not done and don quick ly, th car f amino of August. HOt, win greatly exceed mat or : August, 1105. The corporation commission will arrive here Monday afternoon to meet with th manufacturers. . , GANG OP FORGERS CAUGHT. It-Year-Old Woman. Jler Husband .and a Forme Hank r.mpioye Ar rested In Neve Y'ork Had Planned to Loot Bank of New York. - - NW: York. Aug. 15. Mrs. Irene Brown, alia McCarthy, waa arrested to-day a she was about to enter th Tombs prison to visit her husbsnd, Thorn McCarthy, who I a prisoner. Mrs Brown Is ehsrasd with utter ing a forged check for 1150 on Msy t last, drswn on the Knickerbocker Trust Company, mad payabl to Catharine , Brown and bearing th supposed slgnstur of George M. cohsn, the actor. - Assistant District Attorney Lock- wood said th tit check mentioned In th comntalnt waa only one of a series of (forged checks, amountln In all to I LI 50. - The forger. It was said, secured Mr. conan a signature from a fac-almll of a check printed in a newspaper, wnicn Mr. Cohan had sent West for th San Francisco earthquake sufferers. 1 - v Mrs, Brown is ii year old. Her husband Is held In 15.000 ball oa charges that ha Is one of the-princi pals in several forgeries perpetuated gainst a trust company. When Mc Carthy wss arraigned he gav th nam of Murray. . - . Thomas V. Schaad. a former-employ of th Bank of New. York, waa implicated In the , forgery. - Schaad confessed. ; , w -. . m, 1 1 1 11 . GOV. llEYWAnP AFTER SHERIFF. Officer W1m So Aecomexlstlngly Gave vrcliewtce County tlott Jull Key Will lie Plqnallflcd From Holding Oflice If In.lkimeiii and Conviction Are Secured. ; - . ' Observer Bureau, '- vr ,' '.- " ' , 110 Main Street; ; v Columbia, S. C, Aug, IS. Sheriff Llmnhois. , of Dorchester. I to be Indicted Immediately for sur rendering to a group -of 15 men or less tb little negro lynched at Bad ham Thursday afternoon. Orders to this effect were issued by Governor Hayward to-day. He hss addressed to Solicitor Hlldcbrand th following letter: "Dear sir: ' 1 am in receipt of a copy of tha, testimony taken before the coroner' Jury in the, matter of the Htate vs. the dead body of Wil liam Spain, and have carefully read th same. It appear from this tes timony that Sheriff Llmehoune, - of Dorchester county, having' Hpaln In hla custody and safely loeked in a cell, acting upon the demand tif a few men, ,-took nun out of the cell and brought . Mni Into the presence of ihexe men, giv ing as a reason for m doing -that he supposed they wlxheil to Imvo sn Invextliratlon. it further npiieum from the teKtlmony tlmt.wli.Mi the men atteint-teil to tke th- prisoner from his ihurr, I herlff I.lmi-hiiu-m l.inrle or siiemiited to mnko iu .ef fertive renh-i.ini e, Hlliiu'lii th-ni In srry b'm from the Jii at- 1 i'i.xH lin t tl'.a'.'i." FIVE DAYS OIVACGU:- BOOK MEN PULVD I U) , i; State Text-Book ' pleto Hearing or Argnm.-. , Agent of PiiblL-diiiijr lion,., Adoption of School Book , tPoilna Fiddlcru' ..Convenii.,,, ; , Ralclghy September grd . t , Coiu-t to Examine Sevrnty-H.- ' plk-ant for Law. Liccnr., 1 i ' Jine Being From the lid vcr . 1 IenKH-ratk3 Handbook lu-adv 1 . Distribution jsrhj Week .N , ." ' .' Observer Bureau, "' '' ''"i . Souttt Dawson Street, '11" '" 'f Raleigh, Aug. 23. o. . . 4T' r'nent before t- state text-book commission t-um, 1 , -snd.' to-day,' -To-day there wet , talks by the book men on phyaioies . drawing,, writing ' and spelling, the,, being a acore of, talkers. Up to t o-day-14 readers,' 11 -.. grammars. 1 1 arithmetics, , six- clvtca, six bistort. and 15 spellers have had their merit 1 ,el.5ut ln wy. masterly manner. . Thirty-nine your-g men ot the Stat,, University Jaw class arrived to-d,iy and will be examined Monday by the Supreme Court. Thlwla th large-t number ever sent from the Unrvemifv. It looks Ilk ther will be 75 appli canu for license this time. V September Ird the "North Caro lina Flddlors' Convention" will be hel l In th auditorium "of the Agriculturul Mechanical College.' It I an annual affair, the promoter beina- that ,t,. voted lover of the fiddle. President Wu- nam, j. Anarews, r tho street nli way. Last . year'a contest. In which there wer It competitors, attracted some 1,100 people. Ther ar no vl- onrisis auowed In them contests only fiddler. ' v ' , ., . . ' Th Third Regiment has certainly made a tin record at Chlckamauga. It I near the best equipped one in the Guard. : A- little later the First and Second Regiment will bo fully equipped, tne stores for this purpose hsvlng arrived. ; , L DEMOCRATIC HANDBOOK. At Democratic Stat -headquarter It I learned that the handbook win b Issued at the end 'of next week. It will contain 110 page and th edition wilt be 1.000. ; , Secretary Field waa asked what i,. thought about the legalised primary system - and replied that the ' State committee had very wisely left'to the various 'counties the matter of hold ing primaries; make a trial of the sys tem, eo to speak. ' Mecklenburg, Wake and Granvlll have such pri maries. They wer well. Th only complaint mad against the one hei la that of expenses. They glv the ! dividual -voter the best chance In t world to express hla views. Secreta Field say the legalised primary s tern la grow Ing gradually in favor, a r he thtnka It only a question of tn. when It will be In vogue. To-day th substitute rural mail carrier of th But who have don duty this summer wer paid off by Postmaster Bailey. , 1 The Graham Lamber Comrarv surrendered It franchise., Tbie -terent from dissolution.; The f th former Is 1L whli for d,a Uon It Is $5. . i , -FAMINE IN ' FREIGHT CARS. - Th Corporation commission goe t High Point Monday to give the V:.; nlture manufacturers a hearing In t -question of a .famine In freight car. Som month, ago th commission went there to straighten out troui: Of. th same . character, - The HU i Point peopl advise the eommlxv.on of the number of car needed. , It 1 to be regretted that the work of preparation for thla Stale's exhibit at the Jamestown. Exposition next year did not begin early. In fact, it ha not yet begun, though September la almost her.. How ar th gralrm. th grasses, fruits, etc., to be now r---curedT Th exposition begins M Ther is only on, thing to.b c and this will be to utilise. If poes th display which th agricultural de partment will make at Boston In Oc tober. j '..-, - . - WILL REM.OVE NEGRO TROOPS. IVeaklent Decide to Adhere to Ills v Original Intention and Send TJie.y, to Port Sam Houston, Bat Vi I . Hold Tliem Sabject to Browns vl t Autliorltlew Summon a. Witney 4 Against Those Arrested. ! Houston, Tex., Aug. 15. A apecial from Austin, Tex., say: -. An entirely new phas developed to-day in tb . Brownsvlll situation rslatlv to th sending of th negro troops from Fort Brown. Yesterday It appeared to be ttr Intention of the government to. hold th neqrrn troop at Browasvlll as witnesses against tha negro soldiers who were arrested on bench warrants, while to day, by direction ot tho President of the United States, th negro troop ar to be removed to Fort Sam Hous ton, and kept there subject to tho civil authorities at Brownsville, Governor Lanham to-day reest- th 'following telegram from lir: dler General McCaaskey, command! th Department f Texas, regard: th latest mov on th part of tj. Federal government '- "Ban Antonio, Tex., Aug. IS. Hef. erenc to your- telegram this morn ing. Soldier held on civil warrs- t Fort Brown to be transferre i t. Fort Bam Houston by order ot t President of the United State. 1 President further directs that tho - . dlera shall not b removed from t - jurisdiction of th State of T- i . It is now believed that the .1 - nation of th three companies tv the Twenty-sixth Infantry, whl. h 1 here last night. U Fort i'rown, . !, these comusnle will likely '.-. h pany th negro troopers bui-k tn i ore Sam Houston. . No Mention of Any .lrret by F.;i- . era. ' Washington, Aug. tV A di-; 1 was received at the War I-pmini. i to-day from Major Fenmne, mandlng the bHftallon of ih-kio t' " of the Twenty-fifth Infantry ! ha been stationed at Fort I i Texas, announcing thnt hi imn left Brown,ivtll for Fort K- n . 0:10 o'clock this morning. Penrose makes no mention In 1 patch of a number of tr-i..; to have been arrented by T- 1 . crs In contioctlon wi'-u t 1 disturbances ot lirow r . ; ' Aei Vlrchil.i liij-l-JU'snoke, V ' , A r ford. Vs., to-. fay 1 . er, one ot th ' clt !:.. r, of that Juie.i bv a . ''1 overturned 1 1 .1 to a he I 1 r ' Inter In t ' 1 v. t'-rr t" i ! 1. - ! I r. i ..ii-.- r I. -' " 1, 1 I
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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